«Oriental» Marks in Chozas’s Life and Singing: A Contrastive Analysis with Haiku and Zen

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/flamenco.572181
Keywords: El Chozas, flamenco, copla, haiku, Bashō, Zen Buddhism

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This research paper seeks to identify -should they exist- the «oriental monk» features that would validate the use of that sobriquet to describe Juan José Vargas Vargas’s life and singing. Better known as «el Chozas», this unconventional cantaor managed to enter the history of flamenco even though he was not a professional singer. By analyzing both his lifestyle and his singular way of writing lyrics and by comparing his idiosyncrasy with the precepts of Zen Buddhism and the theoretical principles of Japanese haiku, we shall be able to answer the following question: were those who either ironically or admiratively called «the oriental monk» right?

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27-12-2023
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Taranco, D. (2023). «Oriental» Marks in Chozas’s Life and Singing: A Contrastive Analysis with Haiku and Zen. Flamenco Research Magazine "La Madrugá", (20). https://doi.org/10.6018/flamenco.572181
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